NAIT Glossary Version 2.1

September 2014

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Term Definition

Accreditation

Pursuant to section 20 of the NAIT Act, a process for ensuring that

organisations can demonstrate they meet NAIT data supply and system

interfacing standards. This process will apply to organisations like meat

processing plants, sale yard operators and other operators approved by NAIT

to perform trusted data capture or transfer functions. For more detail refer

to the NAIT accreditation standard on the NAIT website.

Animal Exit

Declaration

A declaration to the NAIT organisation that an animal has—

(a) been slaughtered; or

(b) died or is lost; or

(c) been exported live from New Zealand

Can be commonly known as Kill Upload or Animal Update (export)

Animal Health

Board (AHB)

Animal Health Board Inc, the pest management agency for the TB Strategy

(see Bovine Tuberculosis). The AHB is now known as TBfree New

Zealand and is an entity under OSPRI New Zealand.

Animal

Identification

The combination of the identification and registration of an animal

individually, with a unique identifier, or collectively by its epidemiological unit

or group, with a unique group identifier.

Animal

Identification

Device

An ear tag, apparatus, or other mechanism that—

(a) is attached or, applied to or is implanted within an animal; and

(b) contains the animal identifier and other information.

Animal Movement

Declaration

commonly known

as the Animal

Movement Record

The declaration provided to the NAIT organisation by a PICA about the

movement of one or more NAIT animals between two locations.

Information required in an Animal Movement Declaration includes the animal

identifiers, movement date, and the source and destination locations.

Animal

Registration

The process of registering a NAIT animal (or group of animals) with the

NAIT Organisation which involves supplying an animal identifier and

various data attributes.

Animal Status

Declaration (ASD)

A form completed by consigners of animals in accordance with the

Biosecurity Act and Animal Products Act. A completed form represents a

declaration of the Bovine Tb status, and other health status data, for a group

of animals (cattle, deer, sheep, lambs or goats) being moved. ASD

documents generally travel with the livestock being consigned and must be

received at a meat processing facility.

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Term Definition

Animal Update

(export) Refer to Animal Exit Declaration.

Beef + Lamb New

Zealand

Beef + Lamb New Zealand Limited (formerly Meat & Wool New Zealand Ltd)

– an organisation representing the beef and lamb producers (farmers). One

of NAIT Ltd’s three shareholders.

Biosecurity

The protection of economic, environmental, social/cultural and human health

values from risk organisms. MPI conducts biosecurity surveillance,

investigation and response actions at a national level including offshore and

at the New Zealand border. Other livestock industry participants also play

active roles in the management of biosecurity risks.

Biosecurity

Response

An activity undertaken for 1 or more of the following purposes:

To control the spread of an unwanted organism

To investigate an unwanted organism

To eradicate an unwanted organism

Block A contiguous discrete piece of land equivalent to one rating unit as defined in

section 2 of the Rating Valuation Act 1988.

Bovine

Tuberculosis (TB)

The bacterium Mycobacterium bovis is the causative agent of bovine

tuberculosis, a disease of cattle and deer that is present in New Zealand and

subject to a national pest management strategy under the Biosecurity

(National Bovine Tuberculosis Pest Management Strategy) Order 1998. This

strategy is managed by TBfree New Zealand.

Bovine spongiform

encephalopathy

(BSE)

Also called “mad cow disease” a fatal transmissible disease of cattle,

transmissible through infected feed.

Calves (also

known as bobby

calves)

Cattle that are less than 30-days-old that are going directly from the NAIT

location of birth to place of slaughter. These animals are exempt from the

requirement for a NAIT device or the movement to be recorded to NAIT.

Cattle

For NAIT animals this includes all members of the subfamily Bovinae

(including bison and buffalo

that are farmed or kept in captivity).

Classes of Cattle

A calf under the NAIT scheme is referred to as a heifer-calf or bull-calf less

than 30 days old.

Between 90 days and 6 months, calves transitioning from all-milk diet to

grazing are called weaners.

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Young female cows before their first calf are called heifers, and cows once

fully grown and calved.

Young cattle are rising 1-year olds (less than 1 year of age) then rising 2-

year olds before fully grown. If a bull is castrated to be raised for meat only,

it is known as a steer.

Classes of Deer

For red deer, elk, & wapiti and their crossbred progeny a fawn (or calf) is

referred to as a hind fawn or stag fawn until 90 days old.

Between 90 and 180 days in the transition from a milk diet and dependence

on the dam to grazing deer they are termed weaner hinds and stags.

Young female deer before their first fawn are yearling hinds or rising two

year olds and males are yearling stags or rising two year olds.

Adult female deer and male deer are known as hinds and stags (red deer and

crossbreds) and cows and bulls for the elk breed.

Fallow deer follow similar age terminology change, but yearling and adult

females are known as does and males as bucks. New born fallow deer are

fawns.

Collection Agent

A collection agent in the NAIT (levies) Regulations 2012 for the purpose of

collecting NAIT levies means -

(a) a meat processing facility that slaughters an animal (slaughter

agent)

(b) a manufacturer or supplier of NAIT devices that sells a NAIT device for

a cattle animal (tag agent)

Contact Centre Refer to NAIT Contact Centre.

Contiguous Land

Blocks

Land blocks (rating units) that share a common boundary even if separated

by roads, paper roads, streams with esplanade reserves and other narrow

zones of separation provided that these features do not separate the rating

units into separate management entities.

Core Data The information required to be provided under the NAIT Act or NAIT

regulations, to the NAIT Organisation.

CRV AmBreed

Company offering herd improvement services, herd testing laboratory and

automation solutions for the dairy industry. CRV Ambreed acts as an

Information Provider on behalf of its clients.

Dairy NZ An industry-good organisation representing New Zealand’s dairy farmers. One

of NAIT Ltd’s three shareholders.

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DCANZ

Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand represents the manufacturing

side of the dairy industry. A membership organisation representing the

collective interests of member dairy companies on matters of public policy.

Data Access Panel Informal but commonly used name for the (NAIT) Information System

Access Panel (refer to definition later in Glossary).

Deer

All members of the family Cervidae that are farmed or kept in captivity. In

farming terms in NZ these are represented by: Red deer, Elk or wapiti, fallow

deer, rusa deer, samba deer, Pere David’s deer and whitetail deer (as defined

under the Wild Animal Control Act 1977).

Deer Industry New

Zealand (DINZ)

Deer Industry New Zealand – a NAIT partner organisation representing the

deer industry. With an industry good role and funded through a statutory

levy. One of NAIT Ltd’s three shareholders.

Destination PICA This is the PICA at the NAIT location to which NAIT animals are moved.

Duplicate Tag

A NAIT device with visual identification information matching a device

already in the NAIT system. A duplicate can be used as a replacement

device for one that has been either lost or damaged.

Entity Entity refers to an individual or organisation that trades or processes NAIT

animals.

Entity PICA This is a PICA for an entity accredited under section 20 of the NAIT Act.

Event Location This is a location that is registered under section 29(3)(b) of the NAIT Act

2012 such as A&P shows and rodeos.

Farm Identifier /

Farm ID

(FarmsOnLine)

Uniquely identifies a farm or other place of interest in FarmsOnLine.

Covers some 220,000 properties including rural, crop, forestry and

horticulture properties, processing facilities, peri-urban locations etc.

Generally each farm comprises a set of one or more blocks with the same

owner and the same ratepayer.

Farm Block ID

(FarmsOnLine)

A descriptor in FarmsOnLine that uniquely identifies a block within a farm.

It is the smallest land area unit in FarmsOnLine.

FarmsOnLine

FarmsOnLine is a new biosecurity database that will be established and

maintained under section 53A of the Biosecurity Act. (Biosecurity database to

be defined in an amendment to section 2(1) of the Biosecurity Act 1993). It is

an information system containing data about properties including location,

ownership, management and stock/crop information. The NAIT IT System

interfaces with FarmsOnLine to provide stock species and people in charge

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Term Definition

of animals.

Federated Farmers

of New Zealand

Independent membership organisation that advocates for farmers and the

role of farming in the modern New Zealand economy.

FMD (Foot and

Mouth Disease)

Foot-and-mouth disease, a highly contagious disease of cloven-hoofed

animals including cattle, deer, sheep, goats and pigs. This disease has never

occurred in New Zealand.

Game Estate

This has the meaning given to it by section 65B of the Animal Products Act

1999. It is a place within which animals are kept as if in the wild, for the

purpose of providing opportunities for persons to hunt or catch them as

recreational catch as if in the wild.

Information

Provider

A natural person or a body corporate that—

a) is accredited by the NAIT organisation under section 20 of the

NAIT Act adhering to the NAIT Accreditation Standard. Then

able to link up with the NAIT scheme for the purpose of submitting

information required to be submitted under the NAIT Act.

b) that, in the case of a body corporate, either –

i. is incorporated in New Zealand; or

ii. has a place of business in New Zealand, although incorporated

outside New Zealand.

(NAIT)

Information

System Access

Panel.

The NAIT Information System Access Panel, also known as the Data Access

Panel, is established by the NAIT (Information System Access Panel)

Regulations 2012 made under section 69 of the NAIT Act and its purpose is

to:

Provide an objective and transparent process to assess applications

to access data held in the NAIT information system

Decide applications on their merits according to the provisions of the

NAIT Act

To provide access for industry benefit while maintaining an

individual’s privacy

Determine and provide rationale for complex cases rather than the

NAIT system administrator

The Panel is to provide access for industry good while maintaining

the privacy of individual farmer’s information

Kill Upload Refer to Animal Exit Declaration.

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Term Definition

Levy Refer to NAIT Levies.

LIC

Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) offers traceability, genetic

improvement systems, laboratory, and automation solutions for the dairy

industry. LIC acts as an Information Provider on behalf of its clients.

Lifetime

Traceability

The ability to follow a history of movements of a NAIT animal or group of

NAIT animals throughout its life.

Livestock Animals kept as part of an agricultural operation, whether for commercial

purposes or for private use.

Meat Industry

Association (MIA)

Meat Industry Association – an organisation representing the meat

processors.

Meat Processing

Facility (Meat

Processor)

A person or organisation who, for reward (otherwise than as an employee) or

for purposes of trade, slaughters and dresses NAIT animals.

MINDA LIC’s herd improvement information system – Management Information

System for Dairy animals.

Minister

The Minister of the Crown who, under the authority of any warrant or with

the authority of the Prime Minister, is for the time being responsible for the

administration of the NAIT Act 2012. Currently it is the Minister for Primary

Industries.

MPI (formerly

known as MAF)

Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI - formerly known as Ministry of

Agriculture and Forestry (MAF)) incorporating Biosecurity New Zealand and

New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZSFA). MPI contributes 35%

towards the costs of running the NAIT scheme.

NAIT National Animal Identification and Tracing. NAIT is a commonly used

abbreviation for either NAIT Ltd or the NAIT scheme.

NAIT Accreditation

Standard

The NAIT Accreditation Standard for Information Providers and Entities

Dealing with NAIT Animals. This standard specifies the requirements that

must be met by information providers and entities dealing with NAIT

animals seeking to be accredited to perform functions, duties, or tasks on

behalf of or in lieu of PICAs. For more detail refer to the NAIT accreditation

standard on the NAIT website.

NAIT Act The National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) Act 2012 came into

force on 1 July 2012. The NAIT Act sets out the legislative basis for

establishing an animal identification and tracing system. It is available at

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www.legislation.govt.nz.

NAIT Animal

An animal belonging to a species or sub-group of species listed in schedule 1

of the NAIT Act. Currently it includes:

Cattle – all members of the subfamily Bovinae (including bison and buffalo

that are formed or kept in captivity).

Deer – all members of the family Cervidae that are farmed or kept in

captivity.

NAIT Animal

Identification

Standards

Pursuant to section 14 of the NAIT Act, NAIT may issue, amend, or revoke a

NAIT animal identification standard for any NAIT identification system.

These standards can specify requirements for NAIT animal identification

devices, the NAIT systems, and registration of animal attributes. NAIT has

issued the following identification standards:

NAIT Device Standard for Cattle 2012

NAIT Device Standard for Deer 2012

NAIT Identification System Standard 2012

NAIT Accreditation Standard for Information Providers and

Entities that deal with NAIT Animals.

View the NAIT Animal Identification Standards on the NAIT website.

NAIT Contact

Centre

A service for registered users to interact with NAIT by telephone on 0800 624

843 or paper form.

NAIT Data See Core Data.

NAIT Device (Tag)

NAIT devices are RFID ear tags, apparatus or other mechanism that is

attached or applied to an animal and that contains an animal identifier and

may contain other information that forms part of an animal identification

scheme approved by the NAIT Organisation. All NAIT devices must be

manufactured or supplied in accordance with standards issued under section

14 or regulations made under the NAIT Act.

NAIT Device

Approval Process

This outlines the assessment process used by NAIT Ltd to determine whether

to approve a RFID as a NAIT device. View the NAIT Device Approval

Process.

NAIT Device

Manufacturer

An organisation licensed by the NAIT Organisation to manufacture and issue

animal identification devices in accordance with standards issued under the

NAIT Act.

NAIT Device

Standard for Cattle

This standard provides rules that apply to permanent RFIDs that are

approved for use as NAIT devices for cattle. View the NAIT Device

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2012 Standard for Cattle.

NAIT Device

Standard for Deer

2012

This standard provides rules that apply to permanent RFIDs that are

approved for use as NAIT devices for deer. View the NAIT Device Standard

for Deer.

NAIT Identification

System

An Animal Identification System approved by the NAIT organisation under

section 15 of the NAIT Act. View the NAIT Identification System Standard.

NAIT Information

(IT) System

The information technology system established to receive and retain core

data and non-core data. It includes the software components and data

comprising NAIT’s IT Solution namely website, application, reporting,

database, system interfaces and data import/export mechanisms.

NAIT IT System

Interface

A means for other approved systems to connect the NAIT IT system for the

purpose of supplying or sharing NAIT core data.

NAIT Levies

NAIT levies include –

a) a slaughter levy imposed under regulation 5(1) of the NAIT

(Levies) Regulations 2012.

b) a tag levy imposed under regulation 5(2) of the NAIT (Levies)

Regulations 2012.

c) an impracticable to tag levy imposed under regulation 5(3) of the

NAIT (Levies) Regulations 2012.

NAIT Ltd

NAIT Ltd or National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) Limited means

the company incorporated under company number 2481213. NAIT Ltd

implements the NAIT scheme and is an industry-owned company. NAIT

Ltd’s shareholders are Dairy NZ, Beef + Lamb NZ, and Deer Industry

New Zealand. The company is not-for-profit and is registered with the

Charities Commission.

NAIT Location

A NAIT location is defined by section 5 of the NAIT legislation as a place:

a) where 1 or more NAIT animals are kept or held and includes farms,

lifestyle blocks, leased land, land licensed to be occupied, feedlots,

saleyards, markets, breeding centres, rodeo and show grounds,

slaughterhouses, transitional facilities, containment facilities,

quarantine areas, safari parks, game estates, schools, research

centres, way stations, lairages, stock yards, and zoos.; and

b) that has been registered with the NAIT organisation; and

c) that has been issued with a location identifier by the NAIT

organisation.

A NAIT location may comprise:

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a) a single rating unit or one FarmsOnLine (FOL) farm; or

b) 2 or more contiguous rating units two or FOL farms; or

c) 2 or more non-contiguous rating units or FOL farms as long as each

rating unit is within or straddles the circumference of a circle with a

radius prescribed in regulations made under this Act; or

d) a combination of contiguous and non-contiguous rating units each of

which:

i. is within the circle of 20km diameter Where one or more farms

under the control of a single PICA lie outside a circle of 20 km

diameter, then two or more locations (NAIT numbers) need to

be created. In cases where the 20 km diameter circles for each

location overlap, PICAs can choose which location to assign

farms to.

ii. straddles the circumference of the circle; or

iii. is part of a group of contiguous rating units at least 1of which is

either within the circle or straddles the circumference of the

circle.

This location will not be held separately on the NAIT IT system. It is only

ever required in conjunction with the PICA and the NAIT Number

represents the relationships between PICA and their location. Refer to NAIT

Number for more detail.

If a FOL farm id is not known at the time of registration the PICA can create

a NAIT number with an unknown FOL location. This will be sent to the FOL

team to provide the relevant ID.

NAIT Logo The unique logo of the NAIT Organisation registered as a trademark.

NAIT Number

This means the number assigned under regulation 5(6) of the NAIT

(Obligations and Exemptions) Regulations 2012.

It is a system-generated number that links a PICA to a location (i.e. zero,

one or more FarmsOnLine farm id). See NAIT Location for a definition.

A PICA must register their location and obtain a NAIT number before they

can register animals or record movements.

Animals will be registered against the NAIT number.

Movements will be declared between NAIT numbers.

NAIT Organisation

The organisation designated by the Minister under section 8 of the NAIT Act

to manage the NAIT Scheme. NAIT Ltd was designated as the NAIT

organisation on 1 June 2013.

NAIT Shareholders NAIT Ltd’s shareholders are Dairy NZ, Beef + Lamb NZ, and Deer

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Industry New Zealand.

NAIT Regulations

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is responsible for the Cabinet-

based processes required to implement the NAIT scheme, specifically, the

NAIT Act and regulations – in consultation with NAIT Ltd.

The regulations cover the mechanics and general procedures of meeting and

carrying out the requirements of the NAIT Act. For example, they cover the

information that needs to be supplied when registering as a PICA.

Regulations passed to date are:

NAIT (Obligations and Exemptions) Regulations 2012

NAIT (Infringement Offences) Regulations 2012

NAIT (Fees and Forms) Regulations 2012

NAIT (Information System Access Panel) Regulations 2012

NAIT (Levies) Regulations 2012

Links to these regulations are available at www.nait.co.nz and

www.legislation.govt.nz.

NAIT Scheme

The overall scheme established under the NAIT Act to provide for and

support the identification and tracing of NAIT animals. It includes the NAIT

Organisation, legislation, information systems and processes that support

the identification and tracing of NAIT animals.

NAIT System

Administrator

The person appointed under the NAIT Act to administer the NAIT

information system.

NAIT Website A publically-accessible website for users to interact with NAIT

(www.nait.co.nz).

National Animal

Identification and

Tracing Act 2012

(NAIT Act)

The primary legislation passed by Parliament in 2012 that creates the

legislative basis for the NAIT Scheme and provides the ability to make NAIT

regulations and NAIT notices.

The NAIT Act came into effect on 1 July 2012. It is available on line at

www.legislation.govt.nz.

Non-Core Data Information additional to the Core Data that might be held by the NAIT

organisation under an agreement made under section 41 of the NAIT Act.

NZFSA New Zealand Food Safety Authority – now part of MPI.

Official Visual

Identifier

Numbers assigned by an existing official tag scheme (such as AHB, LIC,

CRV-Ambreed). The numbers typically identify facts of relevance for farm

management such as a herd identifier, animal birth year and an animal’s

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number within the herd.

OIE

The World Organisation for Animal Health is the intergovernmental

organisation responsible for improving animal health worldwide. It is

recognised as a reference organisation by the World Trade Organization, and

produces the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code which sets out the

obligations and requirements of its member countries (New Zealand is a

member). Animal identification and traceability is one of the sections in this

code.

OSPRI New

Zealand

OSPRI is the organisation that comprises of the entities TBfree New

Zealand Ltd, which implements the National Pest Management Plan for

Bovine TB, and NAIT Ltd, which implements the NAIT scheme. OSPRI

delivers the NAIT and TBfree programmes. OSPRI’s mission is “to be the

organisation of choice for delivering creative operational solutions for New

Zealand’s primary industries”.

OSPRI Stakeholder

Council

The organisations that are members of the council are: Dairy Companies

Association of New Zealand (DCANZ), Dairy NZ, Deer Farmers

Association, Deer Industry New Zealand (DINZ), Federated Farmers

of New Zealand, Beef + Lamb New Zealand, Meat Industry

Association of New Zealand (MIA), Ministry for Primary Industries

(MPI), and New Zealand Stock and Station Agents.

Pest Management

Management of existing/ endemic pests to New Zealand, including animal

pathogens and diseases such as Tb. This may be by way of a co-ordinated

programme at national, regional or industry level, or left to individual persons

to manage on-farm.

PICA

The natural person in day-to-day charge of a NAIT animal or animals.

PICAs include farmers, sharemilkers, farm managers, stock agents at sale

yards and meat processor staff.

PICA Delegate

A natural person nominated by a PICA to undertake specified procedures

and obligations under the NAIT Act on behalf of a PICA and registered as a

PICA delegate. The delegate has a separate logon traceable throughout the

NAIT Information (IT) System. Accountability for NAIT obligations is

retained with the PICA.

Point of Origin

PICA

This means the PICA at the NAIT location from which NAIT animals are

moved.

Radio Frequency

Identification

Device (RFID)

Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) refers to an embedded radio

transponder that encodes an identification number that can be read using an

RFID reader.

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Rating Unit Has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Rating Valuations Act 1998. See

‘block’.

Registered User

An individual or entity that enters into an arrangement with the NAIT

Organisation and interacts with it by supplying or consuming information.

Includes PICAs, sale yard operators, meat processors, information

providers, etc.

Replacement Tag An RFID device that has been recorded in the NAIT system as a

replacement device for one that has either been damaged or lost.

RFID Device (Ear

Tag)

An animal ear tag with an embedded RFID identification number. RFID ear

tags can be read by RFID scanners in panels, handheld wands and other

arrangements designed to suit animal management situations. A type of

animal identification. See also NAIT Device.

RFID Reader A device for reading RFID identifiers embedded in tags, labels etc.

Run-off Land used for the temporary grazing of animals which is often leased and is

generally not contiguous with the main farm block.

Safari Park Farm where income is derived from wild animals hunted on the farm.

(Section 2(1) of the Wild Animal Control Act 1977)

Sale yard Any place where the core business is the sale of animals, including NAIT

animals by public sale.

Slaughter Agent This is a meat processing facility that slaughters NAIT animals and

collects the required NAIT slaughter levy and impracticable to tag levy.

Surveillance

(biosecurity)

The investigation of a given population or sub-population to detect the

presence or absence of a pathogenic agent or disease. The frequency and

type of surveillance will be determined by the epidemiology of the pathogenic

agent or disease.

Tag Agent This is a manufacturer or supplier of NAIT devices that sells a NAIT device

for a cattle animal and collects the required NAIT tag levy.

TBfree New

Zealand

TBfree New Zealand, formerly the AHB, manages the TBfree New Zealand

programme.

Transition animals

A NAIT animal that was born before the species or sub-group of species to

which it belongs was subject to the NAIT scheme. These capital stock are

NAIT animals, of any age, retained for breeding or non-trading purposes.

These animals have a grace period of 3 years (from 1 July 2012 for cattle

and from 1 March 2013 for deer) for tagging and registration with NAIT. The

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capital stock figure that is untagged and unregistered with NAIT needs to be

provided to NAIT and updated on an annual basis.

Unidentified

Animal

A NAIT animal that cannot be correctly identified by an approved NAIT

animal identification device and/or that has not been registered with NAIT.

User Name A unique identifier assigned to each person known to the NAIT scheme. All

PICAs will be assigned one of these.

Withholding Period The time interval after the withdrawal of a drug from the treatment of an

animal before the animal or its products can be used for human food.

Zoo

A zoo is a site on which animals are kept for public exhibition, education,

conservation, research or entertainment and usually will hold a range of

exotic (new organisms), domestic and native species. For the purposes of

this code, a zoo also includes a containment facility approved under the

Biosecurity Act 1993 for the purpose of holding animals in containment, and

includes animal parks and aquariums, as defined in the Animal Welfare

(Zoos) Code of Welfare 2005.

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